So with the heating/cooling and all vitals in place, I started to fill the tank with RO/DI.
I have been using ASW now since the terrible floods back in January. A reefer friend of mine swears by it and he has the nicest collection of LPS I have seen in real life. D&D is my salt of choice.
He tells me that you have total control with what you put into your tank, and what you take out :)
I lost the initial photos of the aquascaping process
. I have always been inspired by minimalist aquascaping and the ratio of 1/3rds. The use of negative space and what you can achieve with the less is more methodology has always appealed to me.
My tank was designed with the golden ratio, that is 1.6.
The length is approx 1.6 times the width.
The width is approx 1.6 times the height.
With a shallow tank, I tried to make the rock into three structures.
One on the left at the rear,
One on the right at the rear,
and one smaller placed in the front at the centre.
Left hand side view
Right hand side view
Semi top down left side
Semi top down middle
Semi top down right
Semi top down FTS
FTS
FTS Far
All the rock started out dry and was seeded with a small amount of LR for many months. Its funny how quickly coralline spreads once it takes a hold.
After running the tank barebottom for a month or so, I found it difficult to maintain nutrients.
So I added Caribsea Special as a substrate. I normally don't use substrate as I like crazy flow. This stuff stays still and I have come to like the "natural look" :rolleyes
I have decided to go for something different than a SPS dominant tank (for now).
Fish list is
1 x Powder Blue Tang
1 x Yellow Tang
1 x Twinspot Hogfish
1 x Cleaner Wrasse
1 x Ember Blenny
I will upload some pics of them and the corals shortly :)
The Powermodule has only been run with the 4 bulbs too ;)